Thank You

March 1, 2018

Good morning to you! Lisa here and I’m going to make a quick apology for the lack of posting around here, but rest assured, you will be thrilled with the changes we have up our sleeves!

Our challenges will now go live on the 15th of each month. From now until March 15th we will be posting every weekday with introduction cards from our new Design Team! Over the weekend our Facebook Inspiration Team will be posting, so I hope you will follow along there as well. We are very excited for our team this year, and know you will love their creations. Stay tuned for more information about our challenges and the challenge prizes. Yes, that was plural!

For today, allow me to show you a card I made with an amazing new die from Hero Arts! While the rest of the team will be saying Hello with their cards, I wanted to say Thank You. Thank you for hanging around while we took a wee break, thank you for being awesome, and thank you for joining us for an exciting 2018.

I die cut the Dragonfly a few times out of white cardstock. I then used three ink cubes to color him. I swiped Mint Julep over the entire die cut, then Tide Pool on the body bits, and finally Antigua on the head. I let that dry for just a minute and then smooshed Versamark all over the die cut, and dipped the dragonfly into Satin Pearl embossing powder, and heat set. I did a second layer of versamark and embossing powder just for a smoother finish.

There’s a bit of a close up picture for you. I love how the colors blended so beautifully together and then the embossing powder just finishes it to perfection.

To turn this into a card I cut some of the new Woodgrain cardstock with a Rounded Rectangle die and adhered that to my card base. Using some foam tape I attached my dragonflies to the card front. While their wings go over the edge of the card, I love that, and will make a custom envelope for this card so I can mail this at some point. For a finishing touch I used some Frost sequins on the bodies of the dragonflies, and some other sequins from my stash scattered on the card front.

Wow! I never would have thought to use that Satin Pearl embossing powder on a die cut…. but now I want to use it on all my die cuts! What a beautiful shine! The colors you chose just blend beautifully too.